The Raised Beaches of the North East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. By G. Jobberns, M.A., B.Sc., Teachers' Training College, Christchurch, N.Z. [Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 6th June, 1928, received by Editor, 13th August, 1928; issued separately, 23rd November, 1928.] Contents. Introduction. Part 1.—General Description of the Coast. A. The Wairau Plain B. The Vernon Range to Lake Grassmere. The Vernon Range: The lower Awatere Valley: Lake Grassmere C. Lake Grassmere to the Needles Point. Rock Platform: Raised Shore Platforms: Residuals of Rock Platforms at Flaxbourne D. The Needles Point to Waipapa Point High Level Terraces of the Lower Clarence Valley E. Walpapa Point to Maungamaumu Bay F. Maungamaumu Bay to the Kahautara River G. The Kahautara River to Oaro Bay H. Oaro Bay to the Hawkswood Bluff North of Conway River; South of Conway River; Shore platforms I. Hawkswood Bluff to the Blyth River Hawkswood Bluff to Gore Bay; The Hurunui to the Blyth; Correlation of Shore Platforms. J. The Blyth River to Amberley The Napenape Hills; The Motunau Plain; Section through Motunau River Valley; the Inner Edge of the Plain and the old sea cliff; The Juvenile Drainage System; Marine Erosion and Motunau Island; Motunau Plain to Montserrat; Montserrat to Amberley Part 2. A. Gaps in the evidence of continuity of the Platforms and the Fault Coast Hypothesis B. The Canterbury Plains C. Blanks Peninsula D. A Correlation with South European Platforms E. A Correlation with South American Platforms F. The Use of Marine Terraces in Definition of the Limits of the New Zealand Pleistocene G. The Eustatic Hypothesis H. The Relation of the Emergence to the Kaikoura Orogeny. I. Conclusion List of References. Introduction. This paper embodies the results of an investigation of the evidence indicating changes in the level of the land on that part of the New Zealand coast extending from the Wairau River to Banks Peninsula. Notes on shore-platforms have appeared in the writings of many New Zealand geologists but these have generally been